Field's
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Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and one of the largest in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
.
It is located in Ørestad
Ørestad
Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. It is expected that 20,000 people will live in Ørestad, 20,000 will study, and 80,000 people will be employed in the area...
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, close to the E20
European route E20
The European route E 20 is part of the United Nations International E-road network.It runs roughly west-east through Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and finally Russia. The length is . The road is not continuous, at three points, a sea crossing is required. ...
motorway and Ørestad station
Ørestad station
Ørestad Station is a railway and Metro station situated in the middle of the new city of Ørestad in Copenhagen, Denmark. The M1 and regional trains to Copenhagen Airport, the city centre, and Malmö are served from the station. It is in fare zone 3....
on the Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Metro is a rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. The system opened between 2002 and 2007, and has two lines, M1 and M2. The driverless light metro supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and...
. It takes 10 minutes from Ørestad station to the city centre (Kgs. Nytorv). Alternatively, it takes 7 minutes by regional trains on a direct railway link to the central station (København H).
Facts about Field's:
One of the largest shopping and entertainment centres in Scandinavia,
Owned by Steen & Strøm Danmark A/S,
Designed by Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller
Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller, internationally also known as C. F. Møller Architects, is an architectural firm based in Århus, Denmark. Founded in 1924 by C. F. Møller, it is today the largest architectural firm in Denmark based on number of employed architects. About half the revenue is earned...
, Evenden and Haskolls,
Opening date: 9 March 2004,
Size: 115,000 m²,
Size of shopping area: 65,000 m²,
More than 140 retailers - 20 cafés and restaurants,
2,500 employees and
3,000 parking spaces.
Field's opened on March 9, 2004, with more than 250,000 customers visiting the centre during its first week in business. Field's occupies more than 115,000 m² under one roof and features a total of approx. 150 stores, with more than 70 specialising in clothing, fashion or footwear.
Denmark's second-largest shopping centre is Rosengårdcentret in Odense
Odense
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
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External links
This article is a translation of the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia, accessed December 12, 2006.